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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-27

DR.. l. w. Mcdowell, jacksonville,
West Virginia, upon the subject of
choler in the Poultry Keeper writes
good sense as follows:
| have had some experience with
that dread of the poultry yard
cholera. / managed it both last sum
mer and this, on the usual plan. l
did not use much effort to cure the
sick ones, only by way Of experiment.
ing, but my experiments were not
satisfying in their results at all. |
was better satisfied with efforts of
prevention. For this l whitewashed
thoroughly, inside and out, sprinkled
the grounds freely and frequently
with sulphuric acid two ounces, water
three gallons. 1 put carbolic acid in
their drinking water, and also in their
soft feed, and sometimes I would vary
by giving in their soft feed a mixture
of sulphur, cayenne pepper and ginger.
I f%umigated with sulphur after all
were on their roosts, [ would burn
sulphur in the house, first closing up
the doors tightly, and would let it
burn until all were sneezing. Some
times one or two would fall from the
roosts from the effects of the fumes,
but they would soon rally. l repeated
the fumigating two or thee times a
week. After commencing the forego-
ing plan, very few of my birds took
the cholera, and a number that had it
recovered. l have more faith in car
bolic acid and sulphur fumes as pre-
ventives in cholera than any means I
have yet used. I believe that num-
bers of my sick birds were cured by
these means. I lost but seven or eight
chicks out of a flock of seventy-fve-
over ne-third of them had the cholera.
l do not assert the above as the best
plan of prevention and cure, but I do
assert it is the best plan I have yet
found, and I have done considerable
experimenting with my birds that
were sick.-Farm, Field and ,Tockman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-27
FLOWING SOD.

So far as possible, upon general
principles, sod ground intended for
planting to spring crops should be
plowed in the fall, so as to give it
plenty Of time to fairly decay before
spring. At the same time this lessons
considerably the work of preparation
in the spring, while at the same time
a better crop Of corn can be raised
than if the blowing is deferred until
spring.
Rotation of crops is an important
item in securing large yields, and at
the same time securing OF retaining to
some extent fertility. And in carry
ing this out it is often a good plan to
pillow the grass land and plant to corn
or some other crop. 1t is also an i'm
portant item, both as regards the
planting and cultivation of the crop,
and the termination of the seed, to
have the soil thoroughly prepared and
in as good a condition as possible be,
fore planting. AS a rule work Of all
kinds is very pressing in the spring
there is much to be done, and usually
very little time for doing it, and yet it
is very important to have it done at
the proper time. Thus anything that
can advance the work will be of adj
vantage.
If the sod is thoroughly rotted be.
fore spring, it will work into a good
condition with much less labor than II
the blowing is delayed. This of itself
is quite an item, because a thorough
preparation of the soil is necessary,
not only to secure a good termination
and growth Of the plants, but also to
make the cultivation much easier.
Like all other farm operations, II
will pay to do the work thoroughly;
see that the sod, so far as possible, IS
turned owe completely, that it may
rot faster and more thoroughly. On
most farms there is more or less time
that al be spared for fall plowlng,
and generally the sod land should al
least be plowed SO that it can be the
o readily fitted for crops IN the
spring.
Of course there are exceptions 10
this rule, but nevertheless this plan
will be found to be the best, and esPe'
cially so for land that is intended "
be planted with cultivated crops
j. S., Eldon, Mo-, in Farm, Field an"
Hockman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-27
A GOOD WORD FOR BERMUDA
GRASS.

The following is all off-hand talk by
Mr. a. Graves, of Caswell, in the State
Farmers Institute, Oct. 10th, 1887:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN.-I did not come
here tonight for the purpose of i'm
parting information, but for the sole
purpose of receiving what I could
gather. But as | am called for by
several Of my friends, I shall not re-
fuse to give my sentiments IN the sub
ject now before the house. / am en-
phatically a grass and clover man !;
am now and olways haze been. The
grass that now seems to be claiming
the attention of the house is the Ber-
muda grass, and as I have some little
experience with the Bermuda, 1 will
occupy your time for a few moments. I
spent a part of 1S40-41 in the State
OF Georgia. AT that time my father
had some idea of removing to that
State, but circumstances changed his
mlnd. AT that time the Bermuda
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-27

and a friend of mine told me that if a
tract of land in his county had a patch
of the Bermuda grass 8 or 10 feet
square on it, it could not be sold. He
said it could not be cultivated, and you
could not kill it by burning a log heap
on it. I visited again that section in
1857, and found great change had
come over the people; a great many
considered it the grass of grasses.
Now 1 am we'll acquainted with this
grass. [ live within four miles OF the
spot where the first sprig Of the Ber-
muda grass in North Carolina was de-
posted. ..... ..
[ have this information from un-
doubted authority: An old gentleman
by the name of John Lenox, who
lived at Lenox Castle, visited the
island of Bermuda and on his return
he brought a small box Of that grass
and planted it in his garden, and from
that little sprig the Bermuda grass
has spread over a portion of Rocking
ham, Caswell and other counties, and
from what [ have understood this poor
old man has been cursed more, / guess,
than any other half dozen men in the
State for introducing this troublesome
grass in our midst. But, sir, the
minds Of many Of our people have
undergone a great change in regard
to this grass, some of us have found
out, and l confess to be n of that
number, that it is one of the greatest
grasses in the State; it makes the best
hay of any grass within my knowledge.
1t is true that if you pasture the land
and pack it down for a few years, it
will stall a yoke of oxen to pull a
common old fashioned coulter through,
because it is SO closely packed. All
stock is fonder of it than any other
grass and will leave the other to go to
it. My experience is it is a good i'm
proven of land. If you plant a field
in corn where this grass is you will
always find where that grass is thick
est you will have the best I 1t
seems to open the land, and even
where the grass is six inches or a foot
high, after your corn is laid by, you
will find where that is the case the
corr is better and will stand a long
dry spell better than anywhere else.
Some say you can't kill it ; that is a
mistake. But you must not expect
to kill it like other grass, with the
turning plough. 1t is a grass that
does not grow deep in the ground;
still if you put it three feet under
ground, it will live and come out. If
you wish to kill it, keep it on the sur
face use the harrow freely. If you
will use the turning plough, turn shall
low and let it take the winter freeze
and it will soon cease to trouble you.
Every farmer who wishes to have
the best hay should have a few acres
of Bermuda grass. [ believe that 100
pounds of Bermuda hay is worth l25,
if not $50 pounds Of crab grass or al
most any other grass hay to feed your
horse or cow.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-27

f. would have to be plowed again in

it would have to be plowed again in
the spring. This objection is happily
removed by the use of the Acme pull
verizing harrow, which is a perfect
substitute for the spring blowing,
operating in the manner above men
toned to prepare the soil for the seed
in the most perfect manner, and more
rapidly than could be done by any
other implement.-HENRY STEWART,
in Home and Farm.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-27

Monroe, n. c., Oct. 7,.'S7.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-15
HE Best Japanese Wrestlers
Have Never Come Here.

from the Chicago Herald
@restling in Japan is always done
N tournaments that last from So clock
the morning until about 4 O'Clock
~ the evening. As fast as one man is
owned another turns up, and the
winner OF the most bouts is the win
aer OF the first prize"
4 new does Matsada Soralaichi
Epan?"
Not very high. He is so much
smaller and physically weaker than
.ue GOOD ones that he stands no show
AZ all against them. The best wrest-
-rts are Adata and Tmegatam OF
foNio. They're about as big SIS Evan
TSwis' bat a great deal stronger.
nokic, Osaka. and Kioto are the
sieat Sporting centers in Japan There
"a good reason fer Sorakiehi's in
'ority to the Other wrestlers of his
ace, For nearly three centuries
ftteStlng has been the prevailing sport
Il me country Professional wrest-
sls pred their sons to be wrestlers,
au IN the course of half a dozen gen.
b.stlons there was developed class of
ii a@ny athletes, big of bone and large
h stature, giants in every respect
aps seally. Against such fellows Sor-
sascih stands a small show. One fea-
sts; Oh the Japanese wrestlers that
|tba ~ an American at first glance is
no. 'oermanlc paunch the athletes
lstas IN this country, where ath-
ons s rain on every ounce of supertiu-
a r; nes'i, a man who would step into
nana s with such waist girth as Ja-
b Ia Use wrestIers carry around would
Ia" laughed off the stage. The average
uo p VIII weigh from 100 to $50
SEAL Aus. None OF the best wrestlers
head Under 200 pounds, and all stand
Sletic c ana shoulders above non-ath-
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The Dome of st. Peters.

An important piece of work has Just
been brought to successful conclusion
in Rome, in the complete renewal OF the
leaden envelope of the dome of st.
Peters church in Rome. It has occr.
pied twelve years, and hiss cost over
200, 900 lire, about $40, 900. The orig
inal covering was applied to the dome
in IN imperfect fashion, which made
continuous repairs a necessity. and at
last it was determined to strip off the
whole envelope and substitute new
one on better system. New lead was
imported from Spain and mixed with the
old lead in the proportion of one part
of old to two parts of new. The total
weight OF the new cover is given at
354, 305 kilograms, and if it were spread
out flat it would occupy an area of
about an acre and half. In stripping
off the cid plates three of them were
found to be Of gilded copper.-Brooklyn
Eagle.
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A Fishy Shark Story.

A Florida pilot tells big stories of the
sharks which abound in the sea between
Pensacola and Fort Piclens and the I'M
fortunate sailors and soldiers they have
eaten up. "rd just as soon try to swim
lake of red hot pitch as to swim over
from Pensacola to Fort P ickens." The
sharks would be sure to get him. I've
seen 'em moving around on the bot
tom like drove of hogs They gener-
ally swim slowly when not chased, but
they can work up a tremendous race
when they are chased, and I've seen one
Jump twenty feet in the air" He fur
ther remarked: "Some time ago a
Spanish gunboat dropped in there and
the officers amused themselves with
shark fishing. They had quite circus.
They would take a small dynamite car
fridge, bind piece of pork to it and fix
it to float and ire and send it 200 feet
astern. Pretty soon shark would
take it and they would fire, and the fish
would fly into thousand pieces. II
one was wounded the others went for
him and ate him up" Boston Journal
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APIot to Kiiaap jay Gos,ld.

In the way OF detective commissions,
| am informed by C man in the '5usl'
ness that Jay Gould employs 81 corps
of able spies to keep him informed OF
what the socialists are doing lie
may not be the timid man that some
folks imagine him to be, and yet he
deems it worth while to know the wild,
often ridiculously futile, schemes con-
,oocted in the babbling lotteries of an
arebists and Missionaries OF New YORK.
His agents came across a curiousiy
absurd plot for his discontinue by
men who disapprove OF millionaires
in general and of him IN particular;
Among the socialistic cranks o.
New York are few imaginative lei
lows. who have passwords, grips
mysterious winks and a mama Tor
concocting extravaganza plots when
thev never carry out. The frequent
annearance of his yacht. the
Atlanta. in the harbor suggested
to one of them. an enthusiastic
theoretical Irish dynamlter, greao
scheme. Heproposed to his feliow-eoh,
spirators that party OF determined
men capture the yacht aad rts owner
and nut out to sea some dark night.
II would be surmised, hs argues, that
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-15
Texas Dinner Station.

The run from San Antonio to Ell Paso,
SIS miles, is, for the most part, through
an almost trseless waste, apparently un-
fit for any profitable use. The dinner sta
ton is old passenger coach Quilted of its
seats and side traced in the middle of
this desert. The fell forage for the inner
man Is manipulated by an almond-eyed
Celestial, a graduate from some celebra-
ted hash house The cuisine is prepared
On the platform at one end of the ear.
Of all the passengers who sat down at
The Mogolian board, but one, and he a
Texan braced up by a liberal supply
Of tarantula juice, had the temerity to
attack the comestibles. / left him tug
ying with tooth and nail, at fragment
Of some tough, nameless tissue, and
swearing: III eat this owl if it breaks
my neck And l think it was OWL
Correspondence Cincinnati News>Jour-
nal.
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stories Of Angry statesmen.

There is lovely story in Count Beust's
memoirs about Prince Bismarck which de-
serves to be recalled just now when the
great chancellor's speech is ringing in our
ears. what do you do?" he asked Count
Beust. "when you are angry and grieved?
Don't you find it relief to destroy some
thing when you are angry?"
Il was over there once" he pointing op
posite to where the emperor lives, land
flew into rage. In going out slammed
the door and pulled out the key, which
took with me into Dount Lehndorf's room
close by, and threw into the basin, which
went into a thousand pieces. Count Lehn
dorf asked are you il?' I was. That
cured me-"
How natural this and how childlike
But what blessing it would be ii states
men could always cure their anger b,
smashing basinl Sometimes, like Lort
Randolph, they smash cabinet, or, lik
Mr.. Chamberlain, a party. But even thes
modes of relief are innocent compared will
the usual methods OF emperors and kings
and of Denies himself, all 0. whom flint
war occasionally necessary az vent 10
their spleen.
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Alphabet Soup.
rom the Rochester Post Express.

From the Rochester Post Express
At fashionable resort near Roches-
ter too much French on the bill Of fare
started and spoiled first class romance
recently. 1t seems that the disguised
Italian duke, temporarily under cloud,
became enamored OF lovely Chautau-
qua county heiress, who was stopping
with her family at such hotel as has
been indicated. And as love promul-
gates and absorbs knowledge instinct
lively, it was not long before the fair ono
became aware Of the passion she had inn
planted in the breast of the noble Ital-
ian. A duenna accompanied the fair
ones family, and to her especial keeping
was intrusted the person Of the heiress.
Her espionage never slept, though
the chains she bound about her
charge were silken ones. Her eyes
never wandered too far away, and
she discovered the secret by watching
! Ida's actions. She noticed that tue
young lady dwadled an unconscionable
time over the soup with the French
designation, and she noticed also that
she 0he duenna) meyer received the
same kind of soup tnat was served to
her charge. Sdspicion was aroused.
Could it be that Miss Ida's soup was
made OF some potent love charm? She
would watch. She took occasion to
move her chair to Ida's side, and made
a discovery that almost paralyzed her
/ virgin heart. The little particles in
Ida's soup were letters of the alphabet,
and on the very first day she reac
this sentence: Sweet, Alfonso
Lowers three; and this: 'T-t-a-l-,
awaits her Queen"
Our duenna was circumspect. Sh,
made no sign, but concluded to avail
further developments. The mex
day she read in Idas soup thes
words: Fly with your Al
f-o-n-s-o Tonight" 1t was plain
| ly time to act. Ida's father wa
warned of the threatened elope
ment of his daughter with an Italian
cook, who bad, doubtless, sold tn,
monk and the org" to take his pres
emit place as hotel cook. ''All right
Maria" said paterfamilies, "Ill be OF
| AaAu. LIS ItdlldH WAS COIIlTOHteO U.
detective and ordered to leave town a
once or be arrested for attempted ab
duction. He left. At o'clock in TIL
evening, Ida's pa stood in the peltin
rain under her window. A rope ladde
was gently lowered. voice whispered
"Alfonso, darling, are you there
"Yes," whispered Ida's papa, "come.
and Ida came right down and Lit in he
papa's arms
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the Atlanta had gone on q cruise. and
no alarm would be given. The con
spirators would run into various Dorts
compel Gould to sign checks fcr large
amounts which they would get cashed
on shore and thus obtain several mill.
IONS OF dollars with which to advance
the revolution with big Il. Of which
they were always dreaming. Incident
ally, the gang would have a very pleas
ant time cruising in the yacht. After
Obtaining enough OF the miIlionaire's
wealth, they would set him ashore
somewhere or 60 ashore themselves
and let him steam home again In his
yacht. 1t was very alluring scheme.
and was heartily applauded by the
gang and discussed with much myste.
rious whispering. The only difficulty
about putting it into operation was
the impossibility OF finding the requis-
lite party of resolute men to capture
the yacht. Only one man in the crowd
was scatter Drained and reckless
enough to have made the attempt;
but he declined to undertake the lob
single-handed and the great plot was
abandoned.-New York Letter.
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Ia Tbia SOP

A few years ago a little book fell into our
hands, recounting the experience Of a Ger
tain prominent business man, from which
IL appeared that, a. with most Americans.
too close attention to business had broken
mis- health. The doctor said he could not
live. He then stated that he used GER
tain article which effectuaIIy cured him,
and "out Of gratitude for his own recovery
he determined to devote portion OF his
fortune to spreading its merits before the
world
As we read it we said: This is evidently q
shrewd expression OF commercial motive;
it sounds well; it reads well; but many peo-
pie win not believe it.
In lew years, however. that man &c t
famous the world over. He gave several
hundred thousand dollars to astronomical
research. and his name became a house
hold word in nearly every home in the
United States
Hundreds oil thousands Of people to-day
Without reservation, say that to this man
alone they owe their lives.
ii ten men are collected together the
chances are that il one man incidentally
refers to Warmers sale cure seven OF the m
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Nothing has ever been put on the market
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tom OF its popularity.
In our files we find many an advertise
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The Dyiu~ Cardinal.

Cardinal Newman is reported to be dy-
ing of old age. The poet cardinal is nearly
So years of age and. despite his increasing
infirmities, makes the most vigorous efforts
to continue his duties. For some years he
has been compelled to sleep fourteen hours
daily, and he has gradually curtaied the
period he used to devote to receiving
friends The author of Lead, Kindly
Light was one of the most popular as
well as one of the most brilliant clergym
ia the church of England prior to his going
over to Rome, and, while there has been a
good deal OF bitter feeling toward his fell
low-seceders, he has never ceased to be a
favorite with Protestants and Catholics
alike.
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Use after each meal ScoTT's EMULSION
with Hypophosphites. 1t is as paiatable
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Emulsion in child eight months old with
good results He gained four pounds in a
very short time. Tho. PRIM, NJ. D.,
Alabama.
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Can consumption be cured? Yes. One
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One man only. discovered the virtue Of vac
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DIR. Gross, physician at St. Vincent's
Hospital, Baltimore, Nd, considers Red
Star Cough Cure perfectly harmless, being
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hottie
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Salvation Oil cures rheumatism in from
2 to 4S hours. Swellings and bruises in n
lew hours. All pains and aches almost i'm
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The magical effects of st. Jacobs Oil in
removing soreness and stiffness makes it
invaluable at all times. Rheumatism and
Neuralgia promptly yield to it.
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LIFE is burdensome, alike to the sufferer
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